Pasta Puttanesca

This racy pasta sauce is named for Italian ladies of the night (the puttane). It’s quick and cheap and we hope it offends no one to say so.

Puttanesca, with its zesty nuggets of garlic, capers, olives, and anchovies, is not for the faint-hearted. Serve it to food-loving friends and pour an earthy red wine. With practice you can have this sauce ready to eat in 20 minutes. This is our friend Bobbie’s recipe. She can make it blindfolded.